Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a hot, arid country bordered by East Africa, Egypt, Iraq, the Middle East, and Iran.
It has 8 research facilities and a working airport and seaport, making it one of the best and most popular places to propagate a plague in normal gameplay, as well as being one of the best countries to start in on a Speed Run.
Country Information
IG Factbook: "Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The modern Saudi state was founded in 1932 after a 30-year campaign to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of Kuwait the following year. The continuing presence of foreign troops on Saudi soil after the liberation of Kuwait became a source of tension between the royal family and the public until all operational US troops left the country in 2003. Major terrorist attacks in May and November 2003 spurred a strong on-going campaign against domestic terrorism and extremism. The country remains a leading producer of oil and natural gas and holds about 17% of the world's proven oil reserves. The country is an authoritarian state where most of its citizens, especially women, lack basic freedoms."
Traffic
Airport Links
Saudi Arabia can receive and send airplanes from any other country with an airport, it is the only non-rich of the four countries that can do this. This makes it one of the most useful places to start or infect because, among other countries or geographic regions, a plane from Saudi Arabia can infect Iceland and New Zealand, two of the hardest nations to infect.
Seaport Links
Saudi Arabia will receive and send ships from Egypt, Madagascar, South Africa, and India. This also makes this country a good starter, since Madagascar is a difficult country to infect.
Tips
- If this is your starting country, it is best to evolve Air transmissions.
Trivia
- Qatar and Bahrain are missing in Plague Inc. Evolved, most likely due to their small size.
- Saudi Arabia is one of the few countries that benefits from the events that happen in the Sovereign Default scenario, in which this country becomes a rich one, making it more difficult to infect and a challenge in this scenario.
Gallery
City Cams
Business as Usual
General Disruption
Widespread Disorder
No Longer Exists
Board Game
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Source: This image was taken from the digitisation of the Official Cards included in the Plague Inc.: The Board Game Add-On for TableTop Simulator
(Original Add-On Link on Steam, respective credits for the digitization of Board Game Cards scanned by them) |
References
- ↑ Based on the images uploaded by the photographer of the original photo used by the City Cam, in which most of the images uploaded during January 2013, were tagged in Riyadh Province.
| Countries in Plague Inc. | |
| Africa | Algeria ▪ Angola ▪ Botswana ▪ Egypt ▪ Libya ▪ Madagascar ▪ Morocco ▪ South Africa ▪ Sudan ▪ Zimbabwe ▪ Central Africa ▪ East Africa ▪ West Africa |
| Asia | Afghanistan ▪ China ▪ India ▪ Indonesia ▪ Iran ▪ Iraq ▪ Japan ▪ Kazakhstan ▪ Korea ▪ Pakistan ▪ Philippines ▪ Saudi Arabia ▪ Central Asia ▪ Middle East ▪ S.E Asia |
| Europe | Finland ▪ France ▪ Germany ▪ Iceland ▪ Italy ▪ Norway ▪ Poland ▪ Russia ▪ Spain ▪ Sweden ▪ Turkey ▪ UK ▪ Ukraine ▪ Balkan States ▪ Baltic States ▪ Central Europe |
| North America | Canada ▪ Greenland ▪ Mexico ▪ USA ▪ C. America ▪ Caribbean |
| South America | Argentina ▪ Bolivia ▪ Brazil ▪ Colombia ▪ Peru |
| Oceania | Australia ▪ New Guinea ▪ New Zealand |